Megan Carpentier

Boredom is often associated with a lack of mental activity brought on by a boring lecture or a painful date (for instance). But it actually turns out that being bored barely takes less brain activity than being active and that it serves a role in the brain of making you get off your ass (physically or metaphorically) and do something else. I'd talk about this topic a little more, but I'm kind of bored by it. [NY Times]